Switch Just Had the Best Sales Week in Nintendo History

30/11/2018

From turkey day into Cyber Monday, Switch became the best-selling Nintendo console in United States history for the period - beating historic Wii system sales. Nintendo expects 20 million units sold for the Switch for the current fiscal year, which ends in March 2019. It set new company records between Black Friday and Cyber Monday.

Nintendo said Switch hardware sales were up 115 percent from Thanksgiving through Cyber Monday compared to the same period a year ago. Ultimate, set to release on December 7.

The $250 million figure refers to all of Nintendo's products, so not just Switch but also the Nintendo 3DS, the Nintendo Entertainment System: NES Classic Edition and Super Nintendo Entertainment System: Super NES Classic Edition retro consoles, and all Nintendo-produced games and accessories. The Pokémon games will be released in conjunction with a separately sold, $50 device called the Poké Ball Plus. The most recent installments of the franchise sold 5.35 million copies on the Wii U and 9.35 million on the 3DS. Super Smash Bros. The game is also the fifth million-selling first-party Nintendo Switch game in the United States.

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